Has anyone else run into a problem with it? It just keeps telling it needs to be updated and makes me download a zip file that I can do nothing with...

I have uninstalled and reinstalled it multiple times now to no avail.

I have been really looking forward to playing! Its so frustrating!

Damn...

Have you tried another browser? Chances are the initial download became corrupt somehow and you'll have to wait till you're getting a proper version from the Unity site. A different browser might solve that issue until the full version is out, which will be downloadable as well.

On the other hand, if you'd like a refund PM me your email address - we don't want people to have paid for something and be unable to play it. That'd suck.

Thanks for the reply and the kind offer, fortunately I fixed it! I had thought of the different browser thing and tried it on FF, Chrome and IE to no avail. It turned out to be the download manager I was using, Internet Download Manager. It caught the zip file the web player was trying to DL to update itself and gave it to me like I was supposed to do something with it.

Morale of the story, if you have a download manager and are having problems even getting the web player to start, disable it!